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Help me plan my upgrade please

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Hello guys and thanks in advance for anyone willing to share some custom advice.

 

Backstory is that I had my server running on version 5 for a long time with no issues.  about a week ago I starting noticing weird behavior out anything reading off of disk 5 and in the log there were lots of read errors on disk 5.  I couldn't even stream a movie.  as a test I deleted those files from disk 5 and excluded it in the share and it read fine off of the cache drive and then the next day off of another disk.  So there's still a green ball on disk 5, but it's causing me problems and I do not trust it.

 

I ordered a pair of 8TB WD red's and I ended up upgrading to unraid 6 so that my plus key would support more drives.  I have them preclearing now, they should finish some time late tonight.

 

My request for help is the order of operations for doing this upgrade and really what are my best options for the utilization of the new drives.  I have 8 physical slots in my box for drives.

I know one of the new 8TB drives will be the new Parity, the rest is kind of up in the air.

 

The simplest would seem to be

1. replace parity drive and let it rebuild

2. replace disk 5 with the new 8tb data drive and let it rebuild

3. preclear the old parity drive, and replace one of the older 2TB drives with it or just add it in as a new data drive.

 

I have some free space on some of these other drives though.  Please see the screenshot below.  It seems as if I could move everything from disk 5 to disk 4 and remove it from the array, then add in the new 8 as a new drive with the newer file system.  would there be any benefit to that?

 

I'm curious what some of you experienced guys would do in my situation?

 

Thanks!

 

Luke

 

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6 minutes ago, VFRLuke said:

The simplest would seem to be

1. replace parity drive and let it rebuild

2. replace disk 5 with the new 8tb data drive and let it rebuild

 

If disk5 is really bad you may have problems replacing the parity drive, you could use the parity swap procedure, but without the diagnostics it's just guessing.

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Not sure if this helps.  This is snipped from a log file before I did the upgrade to v6

 

 

 

 

 

Dec  5 03:15:30 Tower kernel: ata8.00: failed command: READ DMA EXT
Dec  5 03:15:30 Tower kernel: ata8.00: cmd 25/00:00:60:53:3d/00:04:ca:01:00/e0 tag 0 dma 524288 in
Dec  5 03:15:30 Tower kernel:          res 40/00:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/00 Emask 0x4 (timeout)
Dec  5 03:15:30 Tower kernel: ata8.00: status: { DRDY }
Dec  5 03:15:30 Tower kernel: ata8: hard resetting link
Dec  5 03:15:31 Tower kernel: ata8: SATA link up 6.0 Gbps (SStatus 133 SControl 310)
Dec  5 03:15:31 Tower kernel: ata8.00: configured for UDMA/100
Dec  5 03:15:31 Tower kernel: ata8.00: device reported invalid CHS sector 0
Dec  5 03:15:31 Tower kernel: ata8: EH complete
Dec  5 03:16:01 Tower kernel: ata8.00: limiting speed to UDMA/33:PIO4
Dec  5 03:16:01 Tower kernel: ata8.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x6 frozen
Dec  5 03:16:01 Tower kernel: ata8.00: failed command: READ DMA EXT
Dec  5 03:16:01 Tower kernel: ata8.00: cmd 25/00:00:60:53:3d/00:04:ca:01:00/e0 tag 0 dma 524288 in
Dec  5 03:16:01 Tower kernel:          res 40/00:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/00 Emask 0x4 (timeout)
Dec  5 03:16:01 Tower kernel: ata8.00: status: { DRDY }
Dec  5 03:16:01 Tower kernel: ata8: hard resetting link
Dec  5 03:16:02 Tower kernel: ata8: SATA link up 6.0 Gbps (SStatus 133 SControl 310)
Dec  5 03:16:02 Tower kernel: ata8.00: configured for UDMA/33
Dec  5 03:16:02 Tower kernel: ata8.00: device reported invalid CHS sector 0
Dec  5 03:16:02 Tower kernel: sd 7:0:0:0: [sde] 
Dec  5 03:16:02 Tower kernel: Result: hostbyte=0x00 driverbyte=0x08
Dec  5 03:16:02 Tower kernel: sd 7:0:0:0: [sde] 
Dec  5 03:16:02 Tower kernel: Sense Key : 0xb [current] [descriptor]
Dec  5 03:16:02 Tower kernel: Descriptor sense data with sense descriptors (in hex):
Dec  5 03:16:02 Tower kernel:         72 0b 00 00 00 00 00 0c 00 0a 80 00 00 00 00 00
Dec  5 03:16:02 Tower kernel:         00 00 00 00
Dec  5 03:16:02 Tower kernel: sd 7:0:0:0: [sde] 
Dec  5 03:16:02 Tower kernel: ASC=0x0 ASCQ=0x0
Dec  5 03:16:02 Tower kernel: sd 7:0:0:0: [sde] CDB:
Dec  5 03:16:02 Tower kernel: cdb[0]=0x88: 88 00 00 00 00 01 ca 3d 53 60 00 00 04 00 00 00
Dec  5 03:16:02 Tower kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sde, sector 7687983968
Dec  5 03:16:02 Tower kernel: ata8: EH complete
Dec  5 03:16:02 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687983904
Dec  5 03:16:02 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687983912
Dec  5 03:16:02 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687983920
Dec  5 03:16:02 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687983928
Dec  5 03:16:02 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687983936
Dec  5 03:16:02 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687983944
Dec  5 03:16:02 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687983952
Dec  5 03:16:02 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687983960
Dec  5 03:16:02 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687983968
Dec  5 03:16:02 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687983976
Dec  5 03:16:02 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687983984
Dec  5 03:16:02 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687983992
Dec  5 03:16:02 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687984000
Dec  5 03:16:02 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687984008
Dec  5 03:16:02 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687984016
Dec  5 03:16:02 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687984024
Dec  5 03:16:02 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687984032
Dec  5 03:16:02 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687984040
Dec  5 03:16:02 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687984048
Dec  5 03:16:02 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687984056
Dec  5 03:16:02 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687984064
Dec  5 03:16:02 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687984072
Dec  5 03:16:02 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687984080
Dec  5 03:16:02 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687984088
Dec  5 03:16:02 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687984096
Dec  5 03:16:02 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687984104
Dec  5 03:16:02 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687984112
Dec  5 03:16:02 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687984120
Dec  5 03:16:02 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687984128
Dec  5 03:16:02 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687984136
Dec  5 03:16:02 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687984144
Dec  5 03:16:02 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687984152
Dec  5 03:16:02 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687984160
Dec  5 03:16:02 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687984168
Dec  5 03:16:02 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687984176
Dec  5 03:16:02 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687984184
Dec  5 03:16:02 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687984192
Dec  5 03:16:02 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687984200
Dec  5 03:16:02 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687984208
Dec  5 03:16:02 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687984216
Dec  5 03:16:02 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687984224
Dec  5 03:16:02 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687984232
Dec  5 03:16:02 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687984240
Dec  5 03:16:02 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687984248
Dec  5 03:16:02 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687984256
Dec  5 03:16:02 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687984264
Dec  5 03:16:02 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687984272
Dec  5 03:16:02 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687984280
Dec  5 03:16:02 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687984288
Dec  5 03:16:02 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687984296
Dec  5 03:16:02 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687984304
Dec  5 03:16:02 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687984312
Dec  5 03:16:02 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687984320
Dec  5 03:16:02 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687984328
Dec  5 03:16:02 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687984336
Dec  5 03:16:02 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687984344
Dec  5 03:16:02 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687984352
Dec  5 03:16:02 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687984360
Dec  5 03:16:02 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687984368
Dec  5 03:16:02 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687984376
Dec  5 03:16:02 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687984384
Dec  5 03:16:02 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687984392
Dec  5 03:16:02 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687984400
Dec  5 03:16:02 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687984408
Dec  5 03:16:02 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687984416
Dec  5 03:16:02 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687984424
Dec  5 03:16:02 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687984432
Dec  5 03:16:02 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687984440
Dec  5 03:16:02 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687984448
Dec  5 03:16:02 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687984456
Dec  5 03:16:02 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687984464
Dec  5 03:16:02 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687984472
Dec  5 03:16:02 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687984480
Dec  5 03:16:02 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687984488
Dec  5 03:16:02 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687984496
Dec  5 03:16:02 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687984504
Dec  5 03:16:02 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687984512
Dec  5 03:16:02 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687984520
Dec  5 03:16:02 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687984528
Dec  5 03:16:02 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687984536
Dec  5 03:16:02 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687984544
Dec  5 03:16:02 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687984552
Dec  5 03:16:02 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687984560
Dec  5 03:16:02 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687984568
Dec  5 03:16:02 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687984576
Dec  5 03:16:02 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687984584
Dec  5 03:16:02 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687984592
Dec  5 03:16:02 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687984600
Dec  5 03:16:02 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687984608
Dec  5 03:16:02 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687984616
Dec  5 03:16:02 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687984624
Dec  5 03:16:02 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687984632
Dec  5 03:16:02 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687984640
Dec  5 03:16:02 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687984648
Dec  5 03:16:02 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687984656
Dec  5 03:16:02 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687984664
Dec  5 03:16:02 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687984672
Dec  5 03:16:02 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687984680
Dec  5 03:16:02 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687984688
Dec  5 03:16:02 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687984696
Dec  5 03:16:02 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687984704
Dec  5 03:16:02 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687984712
Dec  5 03:16:02 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687984720
Dec  5 03:16:02 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687984728
Dec  5 03:16:02 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687984736
Dec  5 03:16:02 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687984744
Dec  5 03:16:02 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687984752
Dec  5 03:16:02 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687984760
Dec  5 03:16:02 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687984768
Dec  5 03:16:02 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687984776
Dec  5 03:16:02 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687984784
Dec  5 03:16:02 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687984792
Dec  5 03:16:02 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687984800
Dec  5 03:16:02 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687984808
Dec  5 03:16:02 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687984816
Dec  5 03:16:02 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687984824
Dec  5 03:16:02 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687984832
Dec  5 03:16:02 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687984840
Dec  5 03:16:02 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687984848
Dec  5 03:16:02 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687984856
Dec  5 03:16:02 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687984864
Dec  5 03:16:02 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687984872
Dec  5 03:16:02 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687984880
Dec  5 03:16:02 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687984888
Dec  5 03:16:02 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687984896
Dec  5 03:16:02 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687984904
Dec  5 03:16:02 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687984912
Dec  5 03:16:02 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687984920
Dec  5 03:17:52 Tower kernel: ata8.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x6 frozen
Dec  5 03:17:52 Tower kernel: ata8.00: failed command: READ DMA EXT
Dec  5 03:17:52 Tower kernel: ata8.00: cmd 25/00:00:60:67:3d/00:04:ca:01:00/e0 tag 0 dma 524288 in
Dec  5 03:17:52 Tower kernel:          res 40/00:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/00 Emask 0x4 (timeout)
Dec  5 03:17:52 Tower kernel: ata8.00: status: { DRDY }
Dec  5 03:17:52 Tower kernel: ata8: hard resetting link
Dec  5 03:17:53 Tower kernel: ata8: SATA link up 6.0 Gbps (SStatus 133 SControl 310)
Dec  5 03:17:53 Tower kernel: ata8.00: configured for UDMA/33
Dec  5 03:17:53 Tower kernel: ata8.00: device reported invalid CHS sector 0
Dec  5 03:17:53 Tower kernel: ata8: EH complete
Dec  5 03:18:23 Tower kernel: ata8.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x6 frozen
Dec  5 03:18:23 Tower kernel: ata8.00: failed command: READ DMA EXT
Dec  5 03:18:23 Tower kernel: ata8.00: cmd 25/00:00:60:67:3d/00:04:ca:01:00/e0 tag 0 dma 524288 in
Dec  5 03:18:23 Tower kernel:          res 40/00:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/00 Emask 0x4 (timeout)
Dec  5 03:18:23 Tower kernel: ata8.00: status: { DRDY }
Dec  5 03:18:23 Tower kernel: ata8: hard resetting link
Dec  5 03:18:24 Tower kernel: ata8: SATA link up 6.0 Gbps (SStatus 133 SControl 310)
Dec  5 03:18:24 Tower kernel: ata8.00: configured for UDMA/33
Dec  5 03:18:24 Tower kernel: ata8.00: device reported invalid CHS sector 0
Dec  5 03:18:24 Tower kernel: ata8: EH complete
Dec  5 03:18:54 Tower kernel: ata8.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x6 frozen
Dec  5 03:18:54 Tower kernel: ata8.00: failed command: READ DMA EXT
Dec  5 03:18:54 Tower kernel: ata8.00: cmd 25/00:00:60:67:3d/00:04:ca:01:00/e0 tag 0 dma 524288 in
Dec  5 03:18:54 Tower kernel:          res 40/00:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/00 Emask 0x4 (timeout)
Dec  5 03:18:54 Tower kernel: ata8.00: status: { DRDY }
Dec  5 03:18:54 Tower kernel: ata8: hard resetting link
Dec  5 03:18:55 Tower kernel: ata8: SATA link up 6.0 Gbps (SStatus 133 SControl 310)
Dec  5 03:18:55 Tower kernel: ata8.00: configured for UDMA/33
Dec  5 03:18:55 Tower kernel: ata8.00: device reported invalid CHS sector 0
Dec  5 03:18:55 Tower kernel: ata8: EH complete
Dec  5 03:19:25 Tower kernel: ata8.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x6 frozen
Dec  5 03:19:25 Tower kernel: ata8.00: failed command: READ DMA EXT
Dec  5 03:19:25 Tower kernel: ata8.00: cmd 25/00:00:60:67:3d/00:04:ca:01:00/e0 tag 0 dma 524288 in
Dec  5 03:19:25 Tower kernel:          res 40/00:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/00 Emask 0x4 (timeout)
Dec  5 03:19:25 Tower kernel: ata8.00: status: { DRDY }
Dec  5 03:19:25 Tower kernel: ata8: hard resetting link
Dec  5 03:19:26 Tower kernel: ata8: SATA link up 6.0 Gbps (SStatus 133 SControl 310)
Dec  5 03:19:26 Tower kernel: ata8.00: configured for UDMA/33
Dec  5 03:19:26 Tower kernel: ata8.00: device reported invalid CHS sector 0
Dec  5 03:19:26 Tower kernel: ata8: EH complete
Dec  5 03:19:56 Tower kernel: ata8.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x6 frozen
Dec  5 03:19:56 Tower kernel: ata8.00: failed command: READ DMA EXT
Dec  5 03:19:56 Tower kernel: ata8.00: cmd 25/00:00:60:67:3d/00:04:ca:01:00/e0 tag 0 dma 524288 in
Dec  5 03:19:56 Tower kernel:          res 40/00:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/00 Emask 0x4 (timeout)
Dec  5 03:19:56 Tower kernel: ata8.00: status: { DRDY }
Dec  5 03:19:56 Tower kernel: ata8: hard resetting link
Dec  5 03:19:57 Tower kernel: ata8: SATA link up 6.0 Gbps (SStatus 133 SControl 310)
Dec  5 03:19:57 Tower kernel: ata8.00: configured for UDMA/33
Dec  5 03:19:57 Tower kernel: ata8.00: device reported invalid CHS sector 0
Dec  5 03:19:57 Tower kernel: ata8: EH complete
Dec  5 03:20:27 Tower kernel: ata8.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x6 frozen
Dec  5 03:20:27 Tower kernel: ata8.00: failed command: READ DMA EXT
Dec  5 03:20:27 Tower kernel: ata8.00: cmd 25/00:00:60:67:3d/00:04:ca:01:00/e0 tag 0 dma 524288 in
Dec  5 03:20:27 Tower kernel:          res 40/00:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/00 Emask 0x4 (timeout)
Dec  5 03:20:27 Tower kernel: ata8.00: status: { DRDY }
Dec  5 03:20:27 Tower kernel: ata8: hard resetting link
Dec  5 03:20:28 Tower kernel: ata8: SATA link up 6.0 Gbps (SStatus 133 SControl 310)
Dec  5 03:20:28 Tower kernel: ata8.00: configured for UDMA/33
Dec  5 03:20:28 Tower kernel: ata8.00: device reported invalid CHS sector 0
Dec  5 03:20:28 Tower kernel: sd 7:0:0:0: [sde] 
Dec  5 03:20:28 Tower kernel: Result: hostbyte=0x00 driverbyte=0x08
Dec  5 03:20:28 Tower kernel: sd 7:0:0:0: [sde] 
Dec  5 03:20:28 Tower kernel: Sense Key : 0xb [current] [descriptor]
Dec  5 03:20:28 Tower kernel: Descriptor sense data with sense descriptors (in hex):
Dec  5 03:20:28 Tower kernel:         72 0b 00 00 00 00 00 0c 00 0a 80 00 00 00 00 00
Dec  5 03:20:28 Tower kernel:         00 00 00 00
Dec  5 03:20:28 Tower kernel: sd 7:0:0:0: [sde] 
Dec  5 03:20:28 Tower kernel: ASC=0x0 ASCQ=0x0
Dec  5 03:20:28 Tower kernel: sd 7:0:0:0: [sde] CDB:
Dec  5 03:20:28 Tower kernel: cdb[0]=0x88: 88 00 00 00 00 01 ca 3d 67 60 00 00 04 00 00 00
Dec  5 03:20:28 Tower kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sde, sector 7687989088
Dec  5 03:20:28 Tower kernel: ata8: EH complete
Dec  5 03:20:28 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687989024
Dec  5 03:20:28 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687989032
Dec  5 03:20:28 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687989040
Dec  5 03:20:28 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687989048
Dec  5 03:20:28 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687989056
Dec  5 03:20:28 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687989064
Dec  5 03:20:28 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687989072
Dec  5 03:20:28 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687989080
Dec  5 03:20:28 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687989088
Dec  5 03:20:28 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687989096
Dec  5 03:20:28 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687989104
Dec  5 03:20:28 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687989112
Dec  5 03:20:28 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687989120
Dec  5 03:20:28 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687989128
Dec  5 03:20:28 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687989136
Dec  5 03:20:28 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687989144
Dec  5 03:20:28 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687989152
Dec  5 03:20:28 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687989160
Dec  5 03:20:28 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687989168
Dec  5 03:20:28 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687989176
Dec  5 03:20:28 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687989184
Dec  5 03:20:28 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687989192
Dec  5 03:20:28 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687989200
Dec  5 03:20:28 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687989208
Dec  5 03:20:28 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687989216
Dec  5 03:20:28 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687989224
Dec  5 03:20:28 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687989232
Dec  5 03:20:28 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687989240
Dec  5 03:20:28 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687989248
Dec  5 03:20:28 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687989256
Dec  5 03:20:28 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687989264
Dec  5 03:20:28 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687989272
Dec  5 03:20:28 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687989280
Dec  5 03:20:28 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687989288
Dec  5 03:20:28 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687989296
Dec  5 03:20:28 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687989304
Dec  5 03:20:28 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687989312
Dec  5 03:20:28 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687989320
Dec  5 03:20:28 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687989328
Dec  5 03:20:28 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687989336
Dec  5 03:20:28 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687989344
Dec  5 03:20:28 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687989352
Dec  5 03:20:28 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687989360
Dec  5 03:20:28 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687989368
Dec  5 03:20:28 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687989376
Dec  5 03:20:28 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687989384
Dec  5 03:20:28 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687989392
Dec  5 03:20:28 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687989400
Dec  5 03:20:28 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687989408
Dec  5 03:20:28 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687989416
Dec  5 03:20:28 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687989424
Dec  5 03:20:28 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687989432
Dec  5 03:20:28 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687989440
Dec  5 03:20:28 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687989448
Dec  5 03:20:28 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687989456
Dec  5 03:20:28 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687989464
Dec  5 03:20:28 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687989472
Dec  5 03:20:28 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687989480
Dec  5 03:20:28 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687989488
Dec  5 03:20:28 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687989496
Dec  5 03:20:28 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687989504
Dec  5 03:20:28 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687989512
Dec  5 03:20:28 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687989520
Dec  5 03:20:28 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687989528
Dec  5 03:20:28 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687989536
Dec  5 03:20:28 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687989544
Dec  5 03:20:28 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687989552
Dec  5 03:20:28 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687989560
Dec  5 03:20:28 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687989568
Dec  5 03:20:28 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687989576
Dec  5 03:20:28 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687989584
Dec  5 03:20:28 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687989592
Dec  5 03:20:28 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687989600
Dec  5 03:20:28 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687989608
Dec  5 03:20:28 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687989616
Dec  5 03:20:28 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687989624
Dec  5 03:20:28 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687989632
Dec  5 03:20:28 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687989640
Dec  5 03:20:28 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687989648
Dec  5 03:20:28 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687989656
Dec  5 03:20:28 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687989664
Dec  5 03:20:28 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687989672
Dec  5 03:20:28 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687989680
Dec  5 03:20:28 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687989688
Dec  5 03:20:28 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687989696
Dec  5 03:20:28 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687989704
Dec  5 03:20:28 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687989712
Dec  5 03:20:28 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687989720
Dec  5 03:20:28 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687989728
Dec  5 03:20:28 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687989736
Dec  5 03:20:28 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687989744
Dec  5 03:20:28 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687989752
Dec  5 03:20:28 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687989760
Dec  5 03:20:28 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687989768
Dec  5 03:20:28 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687989776
Dec  5 03:20:28 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687989784
Dec  5 03:20:28 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687989792
Dec  5 03:20:28 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687989800
Dec  5 03:20:28 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687989808
Dec  5 03:20:28 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687989816
Dec  5 03:20:28 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687989824
Dec  5 03:20:28 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687989832
Dec  5 03:20:28 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687989840
Dec  5 03:20:28 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687989848
Dec  5 03:20:28 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687989856
Dec  5 03:20:28 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687989864
Dec  5 03:20:28 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687989872
Dec  5 03:20:28 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687989880
Dec  5 03:20:28 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687989888
Dec  5 03:20:28 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687989896
Dec  5 03:20:28 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687989904
Dec  5 03:20:28 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687989912
Dec  5 03:20:28 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687989920
Dec  5 03:20:28 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687989928
Dec  5 03:20:28 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687989936
Dec  5 03:20:28 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687989944
Dec  5 03:20:28 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687989952
Dec  5 03:20:28 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687989960
Dec  5 03:20:28 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687989968
Dec  5 03:20:28 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687989976
Dec  5 03:20:28 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687989984
Dec  5 03:20:28 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687989992
Dec  5 03:20:28 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687990000
Dec  5 03:20:28 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687990008
Dec  5 03:20:28 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687990016
Dec  5 03:20:28 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687990024
Dec  5 03:20:28 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687990032
Dec  5 03:20:28 Tower kernel: md: disk5 read error, sector=7687990040
Dec  5 03:40:01 Tower logger: mover started
Dec  5 03:40:01 Tower logger: skipping */
Dec  5 03:40:01 Tower logger: mover finished
Dec  5 03:47:07 Tower sSMTP[15972]: Sent mail for root@localhost (221 2.0.0 dnvrco-cmomta02 cmsmtp closing connection) uid=0 username=root outbytes=1555
Dec  5 04:50:27 Tower sSMTP[16118]: Sent mail for root@localhost (221 2.0.0 dnvrco-cmomta01 cmsmtp closing connection) uid=0 username=root outbytes=1555
Dec  5 05:47:05 Tower sSMTP[16242]: Sent mail for root@localhost (221 2.0.0 dnvrco-cmomta03 cmsmtp closing connection) uid=0 username=root outbytes=1555
Dec  5 06:27:10 Tower kernel: mdcmd (58): nocheck
Dec  5 06:27:25 Tower kernel: md: md_do_sync: got signal, exit...
Dec  5 06:27:48 Tower kernel: md: recovery thread sync completion status: -4
Dec  5 07:27:18 Tower kernel: mdcmd (59): spindown 0
Dec  5 07:27:19 Tower kernel: mdcmd (60): spindown 5

  • Author
and here is the smart report, but honestly I have no idea what to look for in the smart results.
 
 
smartctl 6.5 2016-05-07 r4318 [x86_64-linux-4.9.30-unRAID] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-16, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org
=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Model Family:     Western Digital Green
Device Model:     WDC WD40EZRX-00SPEB0
Serial Number:    WD-WCC4E6SDTPT3
LU WWN Device Id: 5 0014ee 2b651e2b1
Firmware Version: 80.00A80
User Capacity:    4,000,787,030,016 bytes [4.00 TB]
Sector Sizes:     512 bytes logical, 4096 bytes physical
Rotation Rate:    5400 rpm
Device is:        In smartctl database [for details use: -P show]
ATA Version is:   ACS-2 (minor revision not indicated)
SATA Version is:  SATA 3.0, 6.0 Gb/s (current: 6.0 Gb/s)
Local Time is:    Sat Dec  9 10:49:01 2017 EST
SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability.
SMART support is: Enabled
=== START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===
SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED
General SMART Values:
Offline data collection status:  (0x84) Offline data collection activity
     was suspended by an interrupting command from host.
     Auto Offline Data Collection: Enabled.
Self-test execution status:      (   0) The previous self-test routine completed
     without error or no self-test has ever
     been run.
Total time to complete Offline
data collection:   (51120) seconds.
Offline data collection
capabilities:     (0x7b) SMART execute Offline immediate.
     Auto Offline data collection on/off support.
     Suspend Offline collection upon new
     command.
     Offline surface scan supported.
     Self-test supported.
     Conveyance Self-test supported.
     Selective Self-test supported.
SMART capabilities:            (0x0003) Saves SMART data before entering
     power-saving mode.
     Supports SMART auto save timer.
Error logging capability:        (0x01) Error logging supported.
     General Purpose Logging supported.
Short self-test routine
recommended polling time:   (   2) minutes.
Extended self-test routine
recommended polling time:   ( 512) minutes.
Conveyance self-test routine
recommended polling time:   (   5) minutes.
SCT capabilities:         (0x7035) SCT Status supported.
     SCT Feature Control supported.
     SCT Data Table supported.
SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 16
Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds:
ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME          FLAG     VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE      UPDATED  WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE
  1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate     0x002f   192   192   051    Pre-fail  Always       -       126204
  3 Spin_Up_Time            0x0027   180   178   021    Pre-fail  Always       -       7958
  4 Start_Stop_Count        0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       508
  5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct   0x0033   200   200   140    Pre-fail  Always       -       0
  7 Seek_Error_Rate         0x002e   200   200   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
  9 Power_On_Hours          0x0032   069   069   000    Old_age   Always       -       23164
 10 Spin_Retry_Count        0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
 11 Calibration_Retry_Count 0x0032   100   253   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
 12 Power_Cycle_Count       0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       28
192 Power-Off_Retract_Count 0x0032   200   200   000    Old_age   Always       -       9
193 Load_Cycle_Count        0x0032   199   199   000    Old_age   Always       -       4160
194 Temperature_Celsius     0x0022   129   117   000    Old_age   Always       -       23
196 Reallocated_Event_Count 0x0032   200   200   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
197 Current_Pending_Sector  0x0032   200   200   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
198 Offline_Uncorrectable   0x0030   200   200   000    Old_age   Offline      -       0
199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count    0x0032   200   200   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
200 Multi_Zone_Error_Rate   0x0008   182   182   000    Old_age   Offline      -       7344
SMART Error Log Version: 1
No Errors Logged
SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1
Num  Test_Description    Status                  Remaining  LifeTime(hours)  LBA_of_first_error
# 1  Short offline       Completed without error       00%     22998         -
SMART Selective self-test log data structure revision number 1
 SPAN  MIN_LBA  MAX_LBA  CURRENT_TEST_STATUS
    1        0        0  Not_testing
    2        0        0  Not_testing
    3        0        0  Not_testing
    4        0        0  Not_testing
    5        0        0  Not_testing
Selective self-test flags (0x0):
  After scanning selected spans, do NOT read-scan remainder of disk.
If Selective self-test is pending on power-up, resume after 0 minute delay.
 
  • Community Expert

SMART looks fine but you should at least run an extended SMART test.

  • Author
24 minutes ago, johnnie.black said:

SMART looks fine but you should at least run an extended SMART test.

ok, I have that running now.

 

You know that disk is on an external SATA card where the rest of the drives are plugged directly into the motherboard.  Maybe the drive is good and I have another hardware problem.

 

Thanks for your help

  • Community Expert

The syslog errors are more consistent with a cable/controller issue, and since SMART looks good it's the more likely scenario, also eSATA cables are notoriously pron to timeouts.

  • Author
This is after the extended test.  I assume this means this drive is ok?  I can't replicate the issue now :(
 
 
smartctl 6.5 2016-05-07 r4318 [x86_64-linux-4.9.30-unRAID] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-16, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org
=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Model Family:     Western Digital Green
Device Model:     WDC WD40EZRX-00SPEB0
Serial Number:    WD-WCC4E6SDTPT3
LU WWN Device Id: 5 0014ee 2b651e2b1
Firmware Version: 80.00A80
User Capacity:    4,000,787,030,016 bytes [4.00 TB]
Sector Sizes:     512 bytes logical, 4096 bytes physical
Rotation Rate:    5400 rpm
Device is:        In smartctl database [for details use: -P show]
ATA Version is:   ACS-2 (minor revision not indicated)
SATA Version is:  SATA 3.0, 6.0 Gb/s (current: 6.0 Gb/s)
Local Time is:    Tue Dec 12 06:26:40 2017 EST
SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability.
SMART support is: Enabled
=== START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===
SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED
General SMART Values:
Offline data collection status:  (0x85) Offline data collection activity
     was aborted by an interrupting command from host.
     Auto Offline Data Collection: Enabled.
Self-test execution status:      (   0) The previous self-test routine completed
     without error or no self-test has ever
     been run.
Total time to complete Offline
data collection:   (51120) seconds.
Offline data collection
capabilities:     (0x7b) SMART execute Offline immediate.
     Auto Offline data collection on/off support.
     Suspend Offline collection upon new
     command.
     Offline surface scan supported.
     Self-test supported.
     Conveyance Self-test supported.
     Selective Self-test supported.
SMART capabilities:            (0x0003) Saves SMART data before entering
     power-saving mode.
     Supports SMART auto save timer.
Error logging capability:        (0x01) Error logging supported.
     General Purpose Logging supported.
Short self-test routine
recommended polling time:   (   2) minutes.
Extended self-test routine
recommended polling time:   ( 512) minutes.
Conveyance self-test routine
recommended polling time:   (   5) minutes.
SCT capabilities:         (0x7035) SCT Status supported.
     SCT Feature Control supported.
     SCT Data Table supported.
SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 16
Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds:
ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME          FLAG     VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE      UPDATED  WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE
  1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate     0x002f   192   192   051    Pre-fail  Always       -       126204
  3 Spin_Up_Time            0x0027   183   178   021    Pre-fail  Always       -       7841
  4 Start_Stop_Count        0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       514
  5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct   0x0033   200   200   140    Pre-fail  Always       -       0
  7 Seek_Error_Rate         0x002e   200   200   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
  9 Power_On_Hours          0x0032   069   069   000    Old_age   Always       -       23232
 10 Spin_Retry_Count        0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
 11 Calibration_Retry_Count 0x0032   100   253   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
 12 Power_Cycle_Count       0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       29
192 Power-Off_Retract_Count 0x0032   200   200   000    Old_age   Always       -       9
193 Load_Cycle_Count        0x0032   199   199   000    Old_age   Always       -       4195
194 Temperature_Celsius     0x0022   129   117   000    Old_age   Always       -       23
196 Reallocated_Event_Count 0x0032   200   200   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
197 Current_Pending_Sector  0x0032   200   200   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
198 Offline_Uncorrectable   0x0030   200   200   000    Old_age   Offline      -       0
199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count    0x0032   200   200   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
200 Multi_Zone_Error_Rate   0x0008   001   001   000    Old_age   Offline      -       91707
SMART Error Log Version: 1
No Errors Logged
SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1
Num  Test_Description    Status                  Remaining  LifeTime(hours)  LBA_of_first_error
# 1  Extended offline    Completed without error       00%     23228         -
# 2  Extended offline    Aborted by host               90%     23165         -
# 3  Short offline       Completed without error       00%     22998         -
SMART Selective self-test log data structure revision number 1
 SPAN  MIN_LBA  MAX_LBA  CURRENT_TEST_STATUS
    1        0        0  Not_testing
    2        0        0  Not_testing
    3        0        0  Not_testing
    4        0        0  Not_testing
    5        0        0  Not_testing
Selective self-test flags (0x0):
  After scanning selected spans, do NOT read-scan remainder of disk.
If Selective self-test is pending on power-up, resume after 0 minute delay.
  • Community Expert

It's OK for now, but these are a very bad sign on WD drives:

 

1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate     0x002f   192   192   051    Pre-fail  Always       -       126204
200 Multi_Zone_Error_Rate   0x0008   001   001   000    Old_age   Offline      -       91707 

They should be 0 for an healthy WD drive, it did pass the extend test so looks fine for now but likely has slow sectors that will fail in the near future.

  • Author
10 hours ago, johnnie.black said:

It's OK for now, but these are a very bad sign on WD drives:

 


1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate     0x002f   192   192   051    Pre-fail  Always       -       126204
200 Multi_Zone_Error_Rate   0x0008   001   001   000    Old_age   Offline      -       91707 

They should be 0 for an healthy WD drive, it did pass the extend test so looks fine for now but likely has slow sectors that will fail in the near future.

Well, I've certainly suspected something going on with this particular disk, I don't mind getting it out of there, my current disk 1 also has a couple of reallocated sectors as well so that could be another one that gets replaced being that I have 2 8TB drives ready to go in.

 

This leads me to my original post about what would be the best order of operations of doing this?

 

I'm also thiking about doing some hardware upgrades also.  My old gaming machine is collecting dust and I have a Asus p8p67pro board and an I5-2500k not being used.  My current hardware is the old old recommended budget box with the semperon and 2g of memory.  I don't plan on using any of the advanced features, but it seems like I have this stuff laying around, I could use it.

 

If I was going to upgrade the hardware, should I just start from scratch with the 2 8tb hard drives on a new install and put the drives in one by one and copy the stuff to the new array.  I think I saw a tutorial about how to install unassigned devices and copy over.

Edited by VFRLuke

  • Author

Hello guys, I wanted to bump this as I think I have my upgrade plan pretty well planned out in my mind.  I just want someone to make sure I'm not overlooking anything.

 

* I'm upgrading hardware, I have a cpu/mobo/memory that I will be using from my last gaming pc.

* I'm planning on putting 2 precleared 8TB drives into my old gaming PC which will hold everything on my server.

* I got a 30 day trial of another liscence and I have 2 boxes up now (no drives yet in the new box)

 

Here's my plan

1.  Get temporary install of unraid running on gaming machine with new hardware (done)

2.  Install 2 8G hard drives in this machine

3.  Transfer everything on my current server to that array  (what's the best way to transfer a massive amount of data between 2 unraid machines?)

4.  Take down original unraid machine and transfer the new motherboard into my current case and populate with drive I want to reuse

5.  Reformat the additional drives with the newer file system and add into array

 

I know that's pretty basic, but is there anything I should be careful of with the handling of the USB drives and or keys?

 

Thanks in advance!

 

Luke

Hi -

 

Assuming one of the 8TB drives was going to be Parity, you may want to leave that off for now - the copy will go much faster without Parity.

  • Community Expert
23 minutes ago, VFRLuke said:

OK, so I have both drives installed in the new temporary box and a trial key version of unraid up and running.  I assigned one of the 8's as a data disk and did not assign the parity to speed up the copy.

FYI with only 2 drives there's no parity speed penalty, it works as raid1.

 

24 minutes ago, VFRLuke said:

I'm trying to create the same shares so I can copy from share to share, but everytime I try to create a share it immediately says that share has been deleted.  Is it because of it being an unprotected array?

Shares are just all the top folders, you just need to copy them from source to destination.

 

 

  • Author

I was being stupid.  I didn't have a filesystem on the new disk yet so it wouldn't let me create the shares.  I was hoping I got my question deleted before I exposed my ignorance :)

 

Thanks for your help.  I am in the process of copying the files over now

  • Author

OK, hopefully my last question.

 

I'm almost finished copying stuff over to the new temporary build.  Once that's finished I'm going to install all of the hardware in my existing case with all of the drives.

 

My question is about the flash Drive.  I will need to use the drive from the old server since it has the key on it I assume.

 

Should I copy the entire contents of the "tower2" thumb drive over to the thumb drive for "tower 1"?  Is there anything common mistakes that I need to look out for?  I just want to make sure the part of it that remembers the data disk is in tact, the rest of it I can muddle through and play with settings if need be.

 

Thanks in advance,

Luke

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